Show Us Your SUMPLESS Tank(s) !

Hi folks,

Im new on here and new to reefing also. This is the perfect thread for me.

Currently I have a Juwel Rio 350 litre tank - standard with the internal filter, Juwel LED lights etc

I have it up and running with approx 25kg of live rock, a Fluval FX4 and the internal filter. Water parameters are ok as I cycled witha bottle of ATM Colony

Could someone please advise me what media, how much and what order I should put in both filters to keep the water parameters in check.

The current filter media was in the filters as I also bought a used Juwel Rio 240 to set up as a second tank (this came with FX4, Juwel int skimmer etc). I just want to make sure I have it set up correctly going forward as I would like to keep corals etc

Currently I have no ammonia or nitrite however I do have Nitrates (which may be a lot to do with the used filter) I intend to do a water change at the weekend to reduce that and hopefully can keep it fairly low without too many large water changes

Thanks folks - any advice for a complete newbie greatly appreciated
 
Hi folks,

Im new on here and new to reefing also. This is the perfect thread for me.

Currently I have a Juwel Rio 350 litre tank - standard with the internal filter, Juwel LED lights etc

I have it up and running with approx 25kg of live rock, a Fluval FX4 and the internal filter. Water parameters are ok as I cycled witha bottle of ATM Colony

Could someone please advise me what media, how much and what order I should put in both filters to keep the water parameters in check.

The current filter media was in the filters as I also bought a used Juwel Rio 240 to set up as a second tank (this came with FX4, Juwel int skimmer etc). I just want to make sure I have it set up correctly going forward as I would like to keep corals etc

Currently I have no ammonia or nitrite however I do have Nitrates (which may be a lot to do with the used filter) I intend to do a water change at the weekend to reduce that and hopefully can keep it fairly low without too many large water changes

Thanks folks - any advice for a complete newbie greatly appreciated

I'd love to hear about what happened...
I have a brand new empty RIO 350 awaiting its first fill, I've spent a couple of weeks on reef research, I could end up with a couple of Piranhas to be honest, or I could end up with a beautiful coral reef, this thread is an absolute gold mine for me - I'm only on page 2, I'm savoring the pages.

I'm thinking about trying 30kg live rock and deep live sand, a HOB skimmer, water movement, some Kessil lighting and then experimenting with water and Coral for an extended period of time before I think about getting any fish.

Hopefully an email notification reaches you from this - or something, and you come back and tell how it went.
 
My AIO 3g zoa garden.

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Aqua clear 110 chemi pure elite and filter floss
Aquamaxx 1.5 skimmer
Eheim heater 150
2 hydro koralia 240
Maxspect Razor X 150w
10% water change 2xs a month reef crystals
No dosing
Pellets, frozen fish eggs, frozen cyclops.
I feed tank 2xs a week.
Hardly ever water test.
 
Here’s mine.
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3’x16”x1’ (LxWxH).
I have this for lighting/filtration/heating;
9001 Tunzee Skimmer
Chiller (mainly for summer)
10W D-D UV
A small Glass Heater
Reef Factory Reef Flare Pro

And for testing/dosing I have;
Reef Factory Kh Keeper
Reef Factory Thermo Control
Reef Factory Salinity Control
Reef Factory 4 Dosing Pump

And I dose;
Reef Zlements Manganese 2x a week
Reef Zlements Blizzard 2x a week
Reef Zlements Ph Plus Part 2 4x a week
 

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